Nicolette Rubinsztein: Happy ageing: lifelong health, wellbeing and contentment

How to ensure a happy retirement for all Australians? How can we predict people who will age happily? This session will dispel certain myths and draw on research from the Blue Zones, a Harvard longitudinal study and the works of Ellen Langer and George Vaillant. The conversation will traverse topics spanning mental health, diet and exercise, alcoholism and the impact of community and purpose. 

Speakers: Nicolette Rubinsztein, director, SuperEd; UniSuper; OnePath Insurance; Zurich Australia

Facilitator: Laurence Parker-Brown, institutional content producer, Conexus Financial

Length: 26 mins

Sponsored Content

Leave a Comment

Michael Pettis on China’s overinvestment paradox, and the Japan-style reckoning still to come

Michael Pettis on China’s overinvestment paradox, and the Japan-style reckoning still to come

China's advanced infrastructure and ballooning debt are two sides of the same story, says Carnegie Endowment nonresident senior fellow Michael Pettis, who compares China's coming consumption-led rebalancing to Japan's in the 1980s. In conversation with Top1000funds.com Asia Pacific correspondent Darcy Song, Pettis unpacks what this means for institutional investors weighing China exposure over multi-decade horizons, and why he remains bearish on the country's outlook.

Sort content by

Economic growth outlook positive but integrity needs work

The outlook for economic growth this year is markedly positive, compared to last year, but capital market integrity is not improving, according to the opinions of more than 6,000 CFA Institute members. The CFA Institute global markets sentiment survey, measures the views of its members on market integrity and economic issues. This year’s survey, which

Hermes EOS Q3 13 Public Report

Too many companies are unprepared for the growing threat of a cyber attack. Investors have a role to play in ensuring this risk is firmly on the agenda.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

China: why lower growth is good for you

In this edition of the Gemologist, we’ll look at the likely trajectory of the world’s second biggest economy in the light of this, argue why low growth could be better for investors – and show where we are finding value.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

ESG investing Does it just make you feel good, or is it actually good for your portfolio?

Investing with consideration of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) criteria has increased significantly in recent years. However, for a long time, the perception of investors was that ESGfocussed investing detracts from investment performance. This perception is starting to change. In this paper, we show that focussing on ESG factors can enhance returns. In particular,

Data doesn’t lie: illiquidity premium doesn’t exist

There is no 3 per cent illiquidity premium in private equity, according to research by CEM Benchmarking. A cost drag on private assets cancels out the returns of investing in private equity and real estate for those investors that outsource to external providers, the research finds. CEM Benchmarking, which has a database of 354 pension

World Economic forum identifies global risks

The World Economic Forum’s 2014 Global Risk report, has implications for investors.   The report, released ahead of next week’s meeting in Davos, highlights how global risks are not only interconnected by also have systemic impacts. The risks were broken down into economic, environmental, geo-political and social. The seven economic risks were: fiscal crises in

Previous